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Roman civilization
chapter 5
Roman Civilization | chapter 5 |
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etruscans | non-indo-europens speaking settlers of the itilian peninsula who dominated the region from the late bronze age until the rise of the romans in the sixth century bce |
patricians | elite class of ancient rome |
plebians | citizen population fo ancient rome that included farmers merchants and the urban poor plebians comprised the majority of the population |
carthage | great maritime empire in rome, fought againest rome in the punic wars that began in 264bce. wars ended w/ the destruction of carthage in 146bce |
cicero | most famous stoic philosopherand orator of rome |
augustus 63 bce-14ce | the grandnephew and adopted son of julius ceasar and first emporer of the roman empire |
virgil 17-19bce | one of the most influential roman authors his surviing works include the eclogues and the epic poem the aeneid |
aqueducis | engineering system that brought water from the mountains down to roman cities |
gaul | region of the roman empire that is modern day beligum |
plotinus 204-270 ce | the neo-platonist philosopher who taught that everything that exists proceeds from the divine, which can be achieved through contemplation and asceticism |